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First pc is from my wife's stand " The Promise Land" Next two are mine. "The Mouse House ". We went with buckwheat this year. The turkeys are tearing it up and the plots are thick with deer tracks too. Early doe season is Sept. 16-17.
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That's nice Billie ! :thumbup:
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Looking forward to see the critters you and your wife get this fall
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Holly Cow ... I can't even get mine to look like that :thumbup: Looking good and will be better with rains!! :cheers:

I'm planting my 1 1/2 acres maybe at the end of next week, if the weather people are predicting rain :LMAO: Last 3 yrs they did and it didn't :banghead:
If I don't get a quick emergence, then it looks like a lawn until the does drop in the spring :shock: Usually the deer are nocturnal or real close, by huntin' time!!
All I really hope is the turkeys show in the spring :bounce:
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I hadn't planted buckwheat before.When I asked the fella at the feed store he recommended 50 lbs per acre. I didn't realize I had the seeder gate wide open and ended up putting 100 lbs on my wifes 1/2 acre plot.Man that stuff is thick.
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Looks good Billie. Hopefully it'll bring in the critters. Now all you need is some Alfalfa to go along with the Buckwheat if'n yo know what I'm saying, Spanky!! ROTFLMOHAO!!!!
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OHHHHHHHHHHHH Darla! LOl
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Billie .. the guys I knew in Montcalm County, that planted buckwheat for seed resale, said in the light soils, it will even smother out and be dominate over quackgrass :shock:

Let's hope ya' can get great returns on that plot ... and best to all :thumbup:

OH .. don't fer'get to have ebery' one shoot straight :stir:
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redarrow wrote: August 22nd, 2017, 4:05 pm OHHHHHHHHHHHH Darla! LOl
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soiltester wrote: August 22nd, 2017, 4:12 pm Billie .. the guys I knew in Montcalm County, that planted buckwheat for seed resale, said in the light soils, it will even smother out and be dominate over quackgrass :shock:

Let's hope ya' can get great returns on that plot ... and best to all :thumbup:

OH .. don't fer'get to have ebery' one shoot straight :stir:
Most up here plant early and disc now. Alternative to round up as it out competes weeds, and returns phosphorus I believe.
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ICDEDTURKES wrote: August 22nd, 2017, 7:44 pm Most up here plant early and disc now. Alternative to round up as it out competes weeds, and returns phosphorus I believe.
I wish I was able to plant in early August, but day temps are brutal here yet in the mid-90's & very dry :shock:

For the most part, it doesn't sound like you've been blessed with much rain yet either, but if it's up and going, it'll be there with cooler temps :cheers:
To my knowledge, clovers & alfalfa readily put "N" back into the soil while other covers, crops, only put what nutrients that are left in the plant after seed(crop) removal, but I'm sure there are a few that do ad a bit more, but no more than the plant takes in :lol:

That being said, just fall seed alfalfa, and early frosts will take the annual weed competition out :thumbup:
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Actually we had a ton of rain in n Mi. S. or at least s.e. Mi. not much rain at all.
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redarrow wrote: August 23rd, 2017, 8:56 am Actually we had a ton of rain in n Mi. S. or at least s.e. Mi. not much rain at all.
:lol: I pretty well keep track of my ole' farmer buddies in the Isabella, Gratiot and in counties, south, east & west of there :thumbup:

Here's the current drought map for the area :thumbup:

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/Regi ... px?midwest
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redarrow wrote: August 23rd, 2017, 8:56 am Actually we had a ton of rain in n Mi. S. or at least s.e. Mi. not much rain at all.
We've gotten rain every time we need it. Sucks, dang grass won't quit growing lol
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